Admin Assistant - Reception
The Trafalgar School at Downton
Salisbury
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MLP Grade D point 4.5 Actual salary £20,013 on 35 hours (FTE £24,597)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April/May 2025
- Apply by:
- 2 April 2025
Job overview
We require an Administrative Assistant for Reception to enhance our Admin team.
The position is for 35 hours per week working Monday - Friday; term time plus one week; 39 weeks per year (one week for staff development training days). For the correct colleagues, we are open to this position being split between two people, one for morning shifts and another for afternoon shifts - this will be discussed at interview.
Reception is the first port of call for all visitors, staff and students when they arrive in school and over the telephone. Our reception staff are a crucial part of the success at Trafalgar School.
Working under the guidance of our Operations Manager and alongside an exceptional team of experienced administrators, this role undertakes daily attendance records, welcoming all visitors, signing students in and out, photocopying and other general admin duties.
The post provides an excellent opportunity for a colleague looking to move into school administration or equally a colleague experienced in a school setting will relish the opportunity to work in a high-performing yet friendly and supportive school which has its children at its heart.
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About The Trafalgar School at Downton
- The Trafalgar School at Downton
- Breamore Road, Downton, Salisbury
- Wiltshire
- SP5 3HN
- United Kingdom
The Trafalgar School at Downton is an oversubscribed mixed, non-selective, non-denominational academy, situated in the village of Downton, south of Salisbury, Wiltshire.
There are approximately 780 students at the school between the ages of 11-16. The Trafalgar School is a founding partner of Magna Learning Partnership, a multi academy trust.
Headteacher
Jy Taylor
Values and vision
The Trafalgar School is a school with very high standards; expecting our staff to be exemplary professionals and encouraging our students to do everything in their power to make the most of their individual qualities. Academic achievement is the most obvious and important priority here, our aim is to do all that we can to ensure our students fulfil their academic potential, not least so that those who leave us have the opportunity to go on to the further education of their choice.
We are a school that prides itself on the nurturing of an ethos and spirit rooted in the school’s family atmosphere. We believe in education as a means of enhancing career and life prospects for our students. The promotion of compassion, tolerance and diversity are essential as we develop independent, confident, curious, lifelong learners who commit themselves to helping others as well as themselves. This is what motivates us in our work through every school day.
Because of the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation.
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